Dozens of demonstrators gathered outside the Pakistani Embassy in Washington to protest against US drone attacks.
Activists from CODEPINK, a peace and justice organisation, and students of George Mason University staged the demonstration against drone attacks in front of Pakistani embassy in Washington.
Dozens of Pakistanis and US citizens participated in the protest.
The demonstrators also held a meeting with Pakistan’s Ambassador to US Sherry Rehman and demanded that the government of Pakistan raise the issue of drone attacks with the US.
Speaking on the occasion, Rehman said that drone attacks were actually growing militancy in the region.
